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- Future Cars: Kia's Next Sedona Minivan Goes People Hunting
- Handmade Mo-To Modern Vintage Toy Cars Look Really Cool
- Rolls-Royce Gives Us Some Wraith Eye-Candy with New Photos and Videos
- Jaguar Admits Wrong Approach Was Taken in Making Old X-Type
- BMW Spills the Beans on M3 Sedan & M4 Coupe with 424HP 3.0L Turbo, Manual Comes Standard
- Renault-Nissan May Use Daimler’s Compact Platform for Non-Premium Cars Too
- Gran Turismo Series Creator Says GT6 is 80 Percent Done, GT7 Arrives on PS4 in 1-2 Years
- Scoop: New Seat Leon Cupra SC is a Mediterranean Seasoned Golf GTI
- Tesla Model S is No Track Car, But it Handles the Laguna Seca Corkscrew Well
- Bentley Reportedly Planning Entry-Level Four-Door Coupe for 2018
- Oddball 1988 Ford Concept GT with Pontiac Fiero Heart and Soul
- Compilation of Crazy Pedestrians Proves Drivers Can Never Be Too Cautious
- Rendering Wants us to See Why a 2015 Cadillac CTS SportsWagon Would be Appealing
- Watch More than 100 Lamborghinis from All Eras Go Around a Hairpin
- New Alfa 4C Bicycle will Cost You Between €3,500 to €9,000 or $4.7k to $12.2k
- U Spy: Heavily Cladded 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Shot in LA
- Study Suggests Actual Consumers May Stay Away from Self-Driving Cars
- Chrysler Files for IPO, Paves Way for Merger with Fiat
- Teen Girl Trades in New Jeep Wrangler and Buys Car for Herself and Friend
- Scoop: Lamborghini Gallardo's New Replacement Snagged on the 'Ring
- New Jeep Cherokee Production Scaled Back, 500 Workers Temporarily Sent Home
- JMS Rolls Out Tune for New BMW 4-Series Coupe and Convertibles
- What You Get for Looking to Give the Finger First, Then Pay Attention to the Road…
- HRE Cooking a 1,200HP Surprise for SEMA
- In 1993, Jeremy Clarkson was Really Impressed by the Ford Mondeo [w/Video]
| Future Cars: Kia's Next Sedona Minivan Goes People Hunting Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:32 PM PDT  When the word 'Minivan' comes to mind, usually weird things start happening with my nerve endings and then I promptly fall into a state of nausea - I'll be honest here and say that minivans interest me as much genital warts or watching paint dry. In saying that, while not the most attractive automotive art forms to grace our roads, they do serve a well-respected purpose. From carrying families and band members to cult leaders and church-goers; they're primarily designed for one thing - moving small groups of people in comfort (albeit minus the style). Read more »       |
| Handmade Mo-To Modern Vintage Toy Cars Look Really Cool Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:58 PM PDT  When a hobby turns into a full-time job, the person who manages to accomplish that can say he or she is truly blessed. That's exactly what the founders of the Candylab toy startup must be feeling right now, as the project they submitted on Kickstarter has managed to rack up almost five times more money than the $20,000 necessary to βεγιν production of their Mo-To line of wood toys. Read more »    |
| Rolls-Royce Gives Us Some Wraith Eye-Candy with New Photos and Videos Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT  Based on the Rolls-Royce Ghost, the Wraith coupe is the company's fastest and most powerful production model ever built. The car, whose world premiere was hosted earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, will arrive in dealerships in the final quarter of this year. Read more »    |
| Jaguar Admits Wrong Approach Was Taken in Making Old X-Type Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT  I was one of the very few people that I know of who were familiar with the industry in my circle, yet still liked the Jaguar X-Type and would have even gone as far as to buy one. It was probably a byproduct of many years of mostly trouble free second-gen Ford Mondeo ownership, and the knowledge that the platform was basically the same, as were the diesel engines, but clad in a sexier Jaguar body and featuring a much nicer interior than the Blue Oval could ever offer at the time. Read more »    |
| BMW Spills the Beans on M3 Sedan & M4 Coupe with 424HP 3.0L Turbo, Manual Comes Standard Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:54 PM PDT  With the clock quickly ticking towards the official debut of the all-new M3 sedan and M4 coupe, BMW came out today with a plethora of technical details on the two cars that share the same platform, mechanical hardware and many other components sans their body. The first thing you'll be wondering is what's lurking under the hood. Both cars ditch the outgoing M3 Sedan and Coupe's naturally aspirated 4.0-liter V8 engine rated at 414hp (420PS) at 8,300 rpm and 400Nm (295 lb-ft) at 3,900 rpm for a new 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged inline six producing "approximately" 424hp (430PS) and 500Nm (369 lb-ft), which the automaker says, "is maintained over a very wide rev band". BMW did not release acceleration figures. Read more »   |
| Renault-Nissan May Use Daimler’s Compact Platform for Non-Premium Cars Too Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:09 PM PDT  Renault and Nissan could use the new compact car platform that will underpin the upcoming Infiniti Q30 for non-premium cars as well. Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche are considering extending the platform's use in order to make the most of their alliance. Read more »    |
| Gran Turismo Series Creator Says GT6 is 80 Percent Done, GT7 Arrives on PS4 in 1-2 Years Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT  I don't think it's really a secret that Sony decided to launch Gran Turismo 6 (GT6) on the ageing PlayStation 3 (PS3) console to milk some more money out of it and keep it relevant as the new and more powerful PS4 gets ever closer to store shelves. Thus, we now learn that next-gen version of the signature PlayStation racing game will not be called GT6, as originally presumed, tying the story together neatly. Read more »    |
| Scoop: New Seat Leon Cupra SC is a Mediterranean Seasoned Golf GTI Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:57 PM PDT  With so many brands under its hood these days, the Volkswagen Group has to constantly hone its products to find new niches to position them. Such is the case with the upcoming Seat Leon Cupra SC (for Sports Coupe, but in reality, three-door hatch), which will be the first of two performance variants in the range, the other one rumored to be the 300hp+ Cupra R model with AWD. Read more »    |
| Tesla Model S is No Track Car, But it Handles the Laguna Seca Corkscrew Well Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:28 PM PDT  More people are turning to the internet for their car-buying tips these days (aren't they?), doing quick searches and revealing dozens of reviews and personal pieces that are great for forming a preliminary opinion. It is later proven right or wrong, once you have narrowed your search down, and you actually begin test-driving the cars, before proceeding to make the actual purchase. Read more »    |
| Bentley Reportedly Planning Entry-Level Four-Door Coupe for 2018 Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:04 PM PDT  According to a Car Magazine report, Bentley is developing a four-door coupe that will compete against the BMW M6 Gran Coupe and Mercedes CLS 63 AMG and will play the role of an entry level model. Placed below the Continental GT in the range, the new baby Bentley is scheduled for 2018, but it is not yet known whether it will be sold as a standalone model or as part of the Continental family. Read more »    |
| Oddball 1988 Ford Concept GT with Pontiac Fiero Heart and Soul Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:37 PM PDT  Have you ever stumbled across a car that has you scratching your head for any number of reasons, but mostly about its origins? Well, we did when we saw this "1988 Ford Concept 2000 GT" purportedly "built by GM", which allegedly made 13 of them. Read more »    |
| Compilation of Crazy Pedestrians Proves Drivers Can Never Be Too Cautious Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT  Warning: Even though all pedestrians made it out alive, viewers may find some of the incidents disturbing We are accustomed to seeing videos with crazy car crashes from Russia, but we have to admit that accidents in which pedestrians throw themselves in front of cars are not very common. Read more »   |
| Rendering Wants us to See Why a 2015 Cadillac CTS SportsWagon Would be Appealing Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:38 AM PDT  I've always wondered how many modern day wagon/estate buyers justify their choice by the actual need for extra carrying capacity, and how many go for one because of the cool factor associated with them (you know which ones we mean), especially in the US, where they are nowhere near as common as in Europe, and there are still those who label them as oddball creations. Read more »    |
| Watch More than 100 Lamborghinis from All Eras Go Around a Hairpin Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:10 AM PDT  It takes a lot of knowledge and discernment to know which car to like, which to hate, and why. You mix personal opinions, with technical facts, along with review conclusions and the views of your friends and end up liking certain cars, disliking others for what feels like genuine reasons... Read more »    |
| New Alfa 4C Bicycle will Cost You Between €3,500 to €9,000 or $4.7k to $12.2k Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:49 AM PDT  If you were bummed about the starting price of the new Alfa Romeo 4C four-cylinder mid-engined coupe that creeps well into Porsche Cayman S territory, you'll probably feel the same about the Italian automaker's latest project: the '4C IFD Bicycle'. Read more »    |
| U Spy: Heavily Cladded 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Shot in LA Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:22 AM PDT  Mercedes' testing grounds for worldwide available models like the upcoming W205 generation of the C-Class aren't limited to the Nürburgring or even Europe, as they take place all over the globe – including, of course, the USA. Our good friend Ervin Mezey, who you may remember from our Buick Reatta posts, crossed paths with a black-cladded 2015 C-Class in the Miracle Mile section of Los Angeles. Read more »   |
| Study Suggests Actual Consumers May Stay Away from Self-Driving Cars Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:02 AM PDT  A study done by ORC International for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, and put forth by Forbes takes a pretty adamant stance against the possibility of early adoption of autonomous vehicles by the traditionalist mass-market consumer public. The numbers it has to back this up are very suggestive, even if the limited pool of only 1,000 adults questioned may not be completely accurate as per the entire country, they are revealing nevertheless. Read more »   |
| Chrysler Files for IPO, Paves Way for Merger with Fiat Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:53 AM PDT  Chrysler Group today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common shares. The U.S. carmaker said the number of shares and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. Read more »    |
| Teen Girl Trades in New Jeep Wrangler and Buys Car for Herself and Friend Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:03 AM PDT  We feature a lot of bad things going on in our offbeat section, including, but not limited to, road rage, curious modifications, strange police behavior and plenty of illegal activities, and perhaps not that many stories about people doing nice things for other people, without asking for anything in return. The fault lies not only at our end, though; such, stories are not as common as we would like them to be… Read more »    |
| Scoop: Lamborghini Gallardo's New Replacement Snagged on the 'Ring Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:16 AM PDT  We had hoped that the rumors about the debut of a concept model previewing the Lamborghini Gallardo's replacement at the Frankfurt Motor Show were true, but as you already know, it never happened. Nonetheless, Lamborghini continues the development of its new entry-level supercar, which may carry the Cabrera moniker, according to some sources. Read more »    |
| New Jeep Cherokee Production Scaled Back, 500 Workers Temporarily Sent Home Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:40 AM PDT  We have information that Chrysler has announced plans to idle its second shift, of around 500 workers, at the Toledo plant that builds the all-new 2014 Jeep Cherokee crossover. Those 500 employees will be temporarily laid off. Read more »    |
| JMS Rolls Out Tune for New BMW 4-Series Coupe and Convertibles Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:26 AM PDT  As the first examples of the new BMW 4-Series Coupe begin to arrive in dealer lots around the world, the aftermarket industry is preparing an onslaught of products to satisfy customization addicts. Read more »    |
| What You Get for Looking to Give the Finger First, Then Pay Attention to the Road… Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:56 AM PDT  People, how many times are we going say this? When behind the wheel, your first priority is and always should be, looking at, and not away from, the road, otherwise you'll place yourself and other drivers in danger, possibly making a fool of yourself in the process. Read more »    |
| HRE Cooking a 1,200HP Surprise for SEMA Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:23 AM PDT  The first major event of the new automotive season to take place on American soil will be the 2013 SEMA Show in Las Vegas from November 5 to 8, with carmakers, tuners and aftermarket companies already beginning to advertise their goods to create some extra hype around their products. Today, we received a notice from HRE Wheels about the debut of a "1,200 HP Surprise" developed in cooperation with Pure Vision LLC for the SEMA Show. Read more »   |
| In 1993, Jeremy Clarkson was Really Impressed by the Ford Mondeo [w/Video] Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:03 AM PDT  The Ford Mondeo is quite an institution in Europe, even more so in the United Kingdom, where the term "Mondeo man", coined by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, designates a significant part of the country's middle class. Launched in 1993 as a replacement for the Sierra, the Mondeo has enjoyed so far a successful career, racking up 4.5 million sales in Europe over 20 years and three generations. Read more »   |
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